Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-19
WIND AND Ram.

Earth, air and Water COnspirIng Together
DETROIT, AlIoH., February Ian EUeRtll,
Journal special from Lyons says: The Hoo
here is simply terrible. A panic has seizeI
/ some of the people, and 1T is impossible x
get estimates of the losses. The water i
four feet deep in many of the residences
/ and the same state or ana1Es prevail II The
store rooms. Every BODY is moving or pre-
pairing to move. Last night was the mos
exciting time the village ever experienced
Up 30 last night three buildings had beer
washed away and demolished. Many Others
are badly damaged. The Herald office has
been bOated 10 higher Quargerss bub the pa
per viii be published as usual. At Muir the
same serious condition prevailed and the
merchants have abandoned their stores.
/ CHICAGO, February IA special to-day
to the Nel1s from Fort Wayne, Ind, says;
I The M. umee, st. Joseph and st. MarYs
rivers rose five feet last night, and the food
] now threatens to surpass the memorable one
/ Of four years ago. At river points between
| Fort Wayne and Toledo great distress is re
1 ported. Many factories are shut down and
| the employees put to work surrounding the
works by dykes. The water is nov within a
! foot of h3Oding the principal bridges and
| they must shortly be cut on from oommuni-
cation by wagon roads from the H0rth. The
river is now rising six inches an hour, and
rain is still falling.
CHICAGO, February 1.-The local floods
today were in pretty much the same con-
ditiOn as yesterday. In the southwest dis
LEIGG gl6 river was rising SLOWLY anu l4l5
surrounding territory was heavily inundated.
Considerable damage to property Is report
ed on Blue Island avenue from Etghte enth
street to western avenue and on the cross
streets adjacent to the river banks. The
overflow at the docks Of the Mccormick
factory at o'clock this morning measured
little over three feet, but il did not prevent
the running Of the factory.
CANTON, o., February 11.-An unusual
wind and rain storm prevailed here this
At IHDV IaW1lia- hare. a
clone wave struck the town, doing a good
deal of damage. No one hurt.
PITTsBURG, February l1.-Telegrams
from eastern Ohio state that a terrible wind
storm passed over that section to-day. At
Louisville seven houses and wooded fac
tory were blown down, and the Catholic
church and seminary, two large and costly
structures, partially demolished. Not a
chimney is left standing in the town. The
loss will reach over $4,000. At Wooster,
Ohio. the residence of M. K. Hard Was
wrecked, and the tower Of the Lutheran
church was blown through the roof of the
new Methodist church.
CHICAGO, February 1.-THE rain which
mad been falling in this CITY yesterday,
turned into driving sleet and snow storm
last evening and continued to prevail all
last night, and this morning the temperature
is standing at twenty degrees above zero,
with a strong wind prevailing. The tele-
graph wires are working badly IN all direC-
tiOns, and the local telephone service is en-
city. The telegraph service is such that
only few wires are working elthec to the
east or northwest
CHICAGO, February IA DaiLg NeIVs'
Fort Wayne special says: The high water
now exceeds all previous records. The water
in three rivers-St. Joseph, st. Marys and
Maumee-have risen tWenty-siL inches since
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and are still
rising at the rate Of one inch an hour. The
city is entirely cut of from communication
| by wagon roads with the country north, and
/ the water Is now even with the ties of the
/ Lake Shore and MunCie railroads and
| threatening the wholesale destruction Of
/ bridges. A score OF families were removed
from their homes with difficulty to-day.
/ The street commissioners estimate the
| damage to sewers at $4,000.
! DETROIT, February 12.-Ihe rising water
! at Lyons has cut of all communications
| with the outside world by wire, and the
| EUentHg Journals correspondent sends The
] tOLOW1uzs p6clal from Muir on the opposite
/ eide of the river, that place being reached
! by a clrcultOu5 route: cat ! O'Clock the
! Hood continues, tflt water rising a foot Fer
I hour. The grand ledge Of ice reached here
| at 10 O'Clock this morning. forming a Jam
| thirty feet deep above the bridge, causing
/ the river to leave its bed and rush with a
/ mighty force through the business part of
| Lyons, sweeping everything before it.
! Twenty buildings were carried away and as
/ many more moved from their foundations.
! Several business fronts were also broken in
/ By the ice and floating tin bers, A portion
/ OF tie bridge was lifted from the abutments
and vent down with the ice Manufacturing
! interests are suffering terribly. @. S. Marsh,
/ Howard Ranger and Frank Mcfarland mar
rOWly escaped being drawn into the food 8
/ awful current. 1t Is reported A. @. Kinney
/ was drowned in his store. Lyons is shut of
/ from the outside world entirely, there being
no mails, ana the telegraph and telephone
wires refuse to work. Terrible suffering is
/ prevailing.
! KALAAI4zoo, MICH, February I2.-Tha
! high water IN the st. Joseph river has driven
| twenty families from their dwellings and
| suspended traffic on the Wabash q Michigan
railroad 1t Is feared the dam will be swept
/ away.
! Inc house cOncurred in the senate amend
ment to Mr.. StratfOrd's bill, concerning the
/ building of bridge over the Little Walnut
in the senate amendment to house bill So,
/ which authorizes Garden City township, to
| vote bonds to build q road through the sand
/ hills. The amendment simply inserted
| county commissioner in place of f'prODer
| officers" Mr.. Bonds bill "a, rel 4ting 10 q
uniform school tax, WIS read first and sec
I Ond times and referred to committee of the
whole. Mr.. TiltOn's forestry bill was made a
special order for Tuesday next at 1919 a. N.
| Mr.. Re6m's resolution, relating to the sale
/ of the lands of the POttOWatCmie Indians
/ and memOrIallzlng congress for that pup
/ pose, was sdOpbed. Senate conCul rent resO-
] lutiOny relating to thu investigation of the
/ insurance department and appointing a
I committee for that purpose was adoDted.
| In committee Of the whole Mr.. MeCammOn' e
bill lO3, relating to pharmacy and persons
| engaged IN the practice, provoked consider
] able discussion, and was continued as a
/ special order for Tuesday next at 10 80 a. m.
| The house adjourned till 30 o. m. to con
I slider local bills.